Your buyer requires PunchOut? Go live in under 30 days.

<cXML payloadID="1729332000.4711@buyer.example.com" timestamp="2026-10-19T10:00:00+02:00">
  <Header>
    <From><Credential domain="NetworkID">
      <Identity>AN01000000001</Identity>
    </Credential></From>
  </Header>
  <Request>
    <PunchOutSetupRequest operation="create">
      <BrowserFormPost><URL>https://buyer.example.com/return</URL></BrowserFormPost>
    </PunchOutSetupRequest>
  </Request>
</cXML>

The buyer clicks your catalogue inside their procurement system. The gateway checks the credentials and opens a session for that buyer.

09:41:02  session  created    buyer=acme-ariba-prod
09:41:02  auth     ok         shared secret verified
09:41:03  proxy    iframe     headers rewritten
09:41:03  proxy    cookies    SameSite=None; Secure
09:41:03  store    login      customer role "ACME"
09:41:04  store    catalogue  contract prices applied

Your WooCommerce, Magento, PrestaShop or nopCommerce store opens inside their system, logged in with that customer’s role, so they see their catalogue and prices.

<PunchOutOrderMessage>
  <BuyerCookie>8f2c41d0a9</BuyerCookie>
  <PunchOutOrderMessageHeader operationAllowed="edit">
    <Total><Money currency="EUR">1240.00</Money></Total>
  </PunchOutOrderMessageHeader>
  <ItemIn quantity="20">
    <ItemID><SupplierPartID>BR-4410</SupplierPartID></ItemID>
    …
  </ItemIn>
</PunchOutOrderMessage>

The buyer fills the cart and clicks “return”. The cart travels back to their system for internal approval, with your codes, prices and UNSPSC classes.

<OrderRequest>
  <OrderRequestHeader orderID="PO-88213" orderDate="2026-10-21">
    <Total><Money currency="EUR">1240.00</Money></Total>
    <ShipTo>…</ShipTo>
  </OrderRequestHeader>
  <ItemOut quantity="20" lineNumber="1">
    <ItemID><SupplierPartID>BR-4410</SupplierPartID></ItemID>
  </ItemOut>
</OrderRequest>

→ store order created

With the Premium plan, the approved purchase order reaches the gateway and becomes a normal order in your e-commerce. Nothing to retype.

<ConfirmationRequest>
  <ConfirmationHeader type="accept" noticeDate="2026-10-21T15:20:00+02:00"/>
  <OrderReference orderID="PO-88213"/>
</ConfirmationRequest>

<ShipNoticeRequest>
  <ShipNoticeHeader shipmentID="SH-1" noticeDate="2026-10-22T09:30:00+02:00"/>
  <ShipControl>
    <CarrierIdentifier domain="companyName">UPS</CarrierIdentifier>
  </ShipControl>
</ShipNoticeRequest>

→ sent to SAP Ariba

With the OC & ASN add-on, your store sends the order confirmation and a ship notice for every shipment back to the buyer’s system. No emails or portal updates by hand.